Milwaukee Brewers catcher Jonathan Lucroy told Milwaukee radio station WSSP-AM 1250 that he will have surgery to repair the fracture he suffered when his wife accidentally knocked over a suitcase onto his right hand.

He also asked fans to stop posting hateful messages about his wife on Facebook.

Jonathan Lucroy will have surgery on his right hand. (AP Photo)

"It's tough for me, because this is already a freak thing as it is," Lucroy said. "My wife has been getting hate mail on her Facebook, like, messages and stuff. It's really sad that these kinds of things happen from a freak thing. I mean, she didn't do it on purpose. It was an accident. Stranger things have happened.

"It's been a battle for me, personally, because there's no one to blame, and my wife is getting killed by this. It's not like she's not hurt enough already, not feeling guilty enough already. I really wish people would just leave her alone, leave us alone, just let us try to move forward, and get this behind us, because this has been a brutal couple of days."

Lucroy is expected to be sidelined for six weeks.

The injury comes at a terrible time for him and the injury-ravaged Brewers, as the catcher is having a breakout season. In 43 games, Lucroy is batting .345 with five homers, 30 RBIs and a .387 on-base percentage.